Miami County Courthouse (Indiana)

Miami County Courthouse

Miami County Courthouse, October 2005
Location Public Square, Peru, Indiana
Coordinates 40°45′16″N 86°4′8″W / 40.75444°N 86.06889°W / 40.75444; -86.06889Coordinates: 40°45′16″N 86°4′8″W / 40.75444°N 86.06889°W / 40.75444; -86.06889
Area 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built 1908 (1908)-1910
Architect Lehman & Schmitt; McCormack, P.H.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 08000194[1]
Added to NRHP March 19, 2008

Miami County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Peru, Miami County, Indiana. It was built between 1908 and 1910, and is a three-story, steel frame, concrete, and brick building sheathed in a veneer of Bedford limestone. It features a projecting portico with freestanding two-story Tuscan order columns in the Classical Revival. The building has a flat roof topped by a squat four-sided square dome. The property includes an additional 33 contributing object such as a bell with stand, "Lady Liberty" statue, retaining wall, 12 architectural lamps, and 6 street lamps.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Joanne Raetz Stuttgen (June 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Miami County Courthouse" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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